UnregisterHotKey function

Frees a hot key previously registered by the calling thread.

Syntax

BOOL WINAPI UnregisterHotKey(
  _In_opt_ HWND hWnd,
  _In_     int  id
);

Parameters

hWnd [in, optional]

Type: HWND

A handle to the window associated with the hot key to be freed. This parameter should be NULL if the hot key is not associated with a window.

id [in]

Type: int

The identifier of the hot key to be freed.

Return value

Type: BOOL

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Examples

For an example, see Displaying Keyboard Input.

Requirements

See also

Reference

RegisterHotKey

WM_HOTKEY

Conceptual

Keyboard Input